Putting It All In Perspective

The mountains ahead are always a part of what inspires us, what drives us forward as runners and as people, and what gives us sustenance. Standing in the way, often, are the little things. The tricky obstacles, the difficult-to-understand forks in the road, and the testy small, seemingly insignificant barriers to greater satisfaction and understanding. Long-distance running gives us the tools to deal with those pebbles. It gives us joy and sorrow and has, over the years, provided many of us with some of the most meaningful and purposeful times of our lives. Dealing with the pebbles and accepting them as part of the whole allows the mountains to be overcome and the way to be made clear. As a runner and as a person, it is that perspective that gets me out the door again and again on the quest for clarity.